A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §46A-6-111, relating
to requiring all written agreements in which an individual
waives his or her right to a jury trial on certain claims
involving a death be a separate document from the remainder of
the written agreement.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §46A-6-111, to read as
follows:

ARTICLE 6. GENERAL CONSUMER PROTECTION.

§46A-6-111. Jury trial waiver to be a separate document.

Every written agreement containing a waiver of a consumer’s
right to a trial by jury on a claim involving a death that is
entered into by a consumer for the purchase or lease of goods or
services in consumer transactions, whether for the rental of space
to be occupied for residential purposes or for the sale of goods or
services for personal, family, household or agricultural purposes,
must have as a separate and standalone document the waiver of the
consumer’s right to a trial by jury.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require all written
agreements that contain a waiver of a consumer’s right to a trial
by jury on a claim involving death to have the waiver form as a
separate document from the rest of the written agreement.